* Offensive lineman Will Hopkins (hand) was wearing a giant cast that covered his entire hand and part of his arm. He participated in individual drills but was held out of scout team work.

*Starting left guard Garrett Weinreich (knee) was limited in team periods. Mike Riley said he feels good about him playing against Hawaii.

*Running back Storm Woods (hamstring) was limited in team periods as well. Woods said after practice that it was "just precautionary," and he expects to be ready Saturday.

Newsworthy

Junior college transfer Kyle Peko, who had been practicing with OSU since meeting an NCAA bylaw for temporary eligibility two-plus weeks ago, did not attend Wednesday's session. Riley later said he didn't know why Peko wasn't present, but that "he might've been cleaning some stuff up from school." As of Wednesday afternoon, the Beavers were still waiting on the necessary academic paperwork for Peko to compete on Saturdays.

Highlight

Late in 11s on 11s, Sean Mannion found split end Jordan Villamin on a 40-yard bomb down the left sideline that would've easily been a touchdown in a game. No defender was near Villamin.

Three observations (and a bonus)

1. After spending parts of the past two practices on scout team, running back Damien Haskins was with the travel squad throughout Wednesday's session. He took some first-team carries after Chris Brown was shaken up on a run play, and Woods was limited with a tweaked hamstring. In the brief cameo with the starters, Haskins powered through holes and broke several would-be tackles.

2. BYU transfer Iona Pritchard, listed as the sixth-string tight end on OSU's latest depth chart, appeared to take some reps at fullback with the scout team. He shared the scout-team backfield with sophomore running back Marcus Greaves, one of three walk-ons added to the roster this week. The other two were wide receiver Tige McSwain (Aloha) and tight end Kyle Hayes (Amity).

4. The Beavers are flying out of Portland at 10 p.m. Pacific Time Wednesday and expect to get to their Honolulu-area hotel after 2 a.m. Hawaii Time. Riley said he plans to let players sleep in Thursday before practicing at 3:30 p.m. Hawaii Time at Aloha Stadium.

Quotable

"The first thing you have to stress against this team is being physical, because they're pounding it with that (running) back. And then we've got to get (the defense) off the field. The key to that is controlling the run game." -- Riley on defending Hawaii

Coming up

I'll have a story on tight end Caleb Smith's issues focusing in games.